Finance Courses

Budgeting Basics

This course demonstrates how to design and present a professional budget - a task considered by many managers to be one of their most onerous responsibilities. Participants will see the value of budgeting and how to perform the process correctly. The budget process is broken down into eight simple steps and offers helpful tools to design a budget from scratch. After completing this course, you will be able to turn your departmental and personal goals into numbers, build, negotiate and manage your budget even if you aren't a numbers person.

Financial Intelligence

Financial Intelligence is a back-to-basics training program that’s perfect for anyone who needs to learn how to read, interpret, and analyze the ten most commonly used accounting instruments. Managers will benefit from understanding the financial consequences of their decisions. And in doing so be more able to contribute to planning and strategy discussions. From budgets and income statements to EBITDA, break-even analysis, and profitability ratio, this program empowers individuals to control operations, justify requests, translate performance into financial terms, and quantify their contribution to the organization.This course explores the following ten financial instruments in depth:1. Budgeting2. Balance sheet3. Income statement4. Statement of cash flows5. EBITDA6. Break-even analysis7. Liquidity ratios8. Profitability ratios9. Leverage ratios10. Efficiency ratios

Finance for Non Financial Managers

Accounting has long been referred to as “the language of business.” This is because financial accounts provide relevant information to make sound and appropriate business decisions.Consider what you want to know about your business. As the business owner, accounting information tells you if your business is making money and why or why not.Other individuals and organizations also want accounting information about your business. These include customers, bankers, employees, investors, and government agencies.The key users of this financial data are banks, investors, government, and the management of the company. The key components of an annual report are:

Balance sheet

Income statement

Statement of owners’ equity

Statement of changes in financial condition (cash flow)

Our course will help you understand and interpret the language of business

Business Mastery 101: Start Your Own Business

Many people have a desire to start their own business and may be looking to up-skill themselves on the key areas which need mastery to manage a successful business.

This course will take you through the Eight Key Areas which anybody starting in business or contemplating starting a business needs to focus on to be successful. The course over 10 modules is designed to provoke you to ask the tough questions about your business plan and cover all the areas that bankers and equity partners will want to know. The course is your first step in understanding what needs to go right in your business and what can go wrong. This will help you avoid making costly mistakesThe ten modules are;